Wholesale retailer donates diapers to charity

BJís Wholesale Club has donated 760,000 diapers to Feeding America Food Banks across the country. Burlingtonís BJís donated 9,716 diapers to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina.

BJís Burlington location is 1433 Boone Station Drive.

A recent study found that most Americans who are food insecure also struggle to buy basic necessities, including personal, home and baby care items that may not be covered by government assistance programs, BJís says in a news release. Many such families cope by altering eating habits, increasing potential risks to health and well-being for themselves and their children. Feeding America is the nationís largest domestic hunger relief organization helping to combat these findings, the release says.

ďBJís Wholesale Clubs support communities in need by not only donating grocery items, but also by assisting families in protecting their most vulnerable members: their babies,Ē said Jessie Newman, BJís AVP of Community Affairs. ďBy expanding the scope of our donations, we are continuing to help even more families build stronger communities ó an effort we are honored and proud to support.Ē

BJís, based in Westborough, Mass., has donated more than 20 million pounds of food to Feeding America, and more than $19 million to 2,200 community organizations since 2005. It also has supported BJís Adopt-a-School Program, which has served 2,575 elementary schools since 1996.